CHAPTER THREE
INDIANS OF BEAVER COUNTY
THE INDIAN RAID ON LEE'S RANCH
As Told by Gideon A. Murdock, 1917
On October 27, 1866, the majority of Beaver men had assembled to construct a roof on the Stake meeting house. The first rafter had just been...

When that bell would ring, one could hear school children begin singing, "There is a boarding house not far away,
Where they serve ham and eggs three times a day. Oh, hear the boarders yell, when they hear that dinner bell, Oh, how good those...

shaw, Charley Booth, Robert Edwards, William Barton, Samuel Maunsey, and Thomas Butler. There were probably others, but at this time their names can not be recalled to mind. BUILD BRICK AND ADOBE HOUSES All in all the group, together with those...

Lafayette Hanchett in his book, "The Old Sheriff and Other True Tales," says of Samuel Newhouse, "He was a most colorful character, a very gentle man of a winsome and kindly nature. Very persuasive in his arguments and prone to hasty judgments, and...

to Milford, where they are still living. Unlike Frisco, the one saloon was located a mile from town. The `red light" district was also out of the city limits. A fine dance hall and an opera house were built, and believe it or not, the very fine...

Crews of men were sent to Beaver to work on the job and were kept there until the task was completed. The Relief Society enlisted their members and they, too, were sent over and kept on the job until it was done. They set up a kitchen and dining...

Thurs. July 18, 1901: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear, We did’nt move my camp today. I herded among the pines on the side of the hill. 52) Friday 19: Ther. Warm., Wea. Clear, Moved on over the hill east and camped on the west edge of a small valley in a...

Rod Swasey was next to the oldest brother in a group who became known as the Swasey Boys.The Swasey brothers went to the San Rafael Swell with the family's herds of cattle and horses in the 1870s. Liking the Swell so much, they basically made it...

Charley Swasey, far left in his blacksmith shop in Green river. Chris Halverson is in the center of the photograph. Chris Halverson was asked (later in life) about the outlaws known sometimes as the Robber Roost Gang. Halverson said, "The Roosters...

Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Sid and Charley; Geology; Swasey Family

The Swasey Boys settled on the San Rafael Swell in the 1870s. They named most of the geologic formations on the Swell. This one is dubbed Sid and Charley--two of the Swasey brothers. Sid is the slender one and Charley the more stout. As geologic...

Castle Valley got its name from formations such as this one. From the distance they looked like castles to the explorers and surveyors. But the Swasey's saw this as a monument to their family--Charley, Sid, Rod, Joe , etc. and named it Family...

Charley bet his brother Sid his herd of cattle that his horse couldn't jump the chasm. So Sid made the jump on his horse Socks and won the cattle. Because it is the narrowest place across the Black Box Canyon, sheep herders later put a wagon bed...

A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #4. One of the many places Joe left his name on rocks. This one is at what is known as The Nutford Hotel in Cold Wash on the San...

A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #6 A painting of Charley Swasey by Dudley Swasey. Quote by Isarel Bennion, "These boys were black haired, blue eyed strain of Irish;...

A slide presentation was put together by Emery County on the Swasey History on the San Rafael Swell. This is Slide #10, geologic formations known as Sid and Charley. Charley is the stout one and Sid, the slimmer one. There monoliths are very tall,...